Re: Informix and Oracle in the same shop

Pablo Sanchez wrote: > Not true. What happens is that "they" work under enormous pressure > to get the latest product out the door because of The Beast or > whatever else is out there and don't fully exploit the O/S. > > > They are certainly not perfect, and their opinions differ on many > > things, but not on this point. > > I just got off the phone with one of the folks that does RDBS porting > and what they had to say certainly doesn't jive with what you are > saying. I find it hard to believe that you speak for the *entire* > community. > -- > Pablo Sanchez | wk: 415.933.3812| pg: 800.930.5635 -or- pablo_p@pager.sgi.com > --------------+-----------------+-------------------------------------------- > pablo@sgi.com ... when mailing me, place "not spam" in the Subject Now on this point I have to agree with you Pablo. So often we see people speak on behalf of the vendor. It would be good to hear from the actual engineers who work on the data base engine(s) and state specifically, exactly what the case is with the product, rather than trivia and rumor--or even independent evaluations that I have in front of me. None of this is gospel unless somebody can show me the proof in the engine source code. And this doesn't mean I doubt an academic/educational viewpoint either, but cold, hard, verifiable facts are the only thing that really matters... And that could only come from showing me source code, and proving that source code is in the final build of the engine. :-) Tim -- Tim Schaefer \\\\|// tschaefe@mindspring.com (6 6) ------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o--------- http://www.inxutil.com